Sripad Visnu Maharaja and Sripad Narasingha Maharaja went on a pilgrimage last month to Gandaki River and Muktinatha, in the Nepal region of the Himalayas.
Gandaki River is the sacred river in which one may find the self-manifest form of the Supreme Lord known as Saligrama-sila. The Gandaki River is an incarnation of Tulasi-devi and the Saligrama-silas found along the Gandaki are incarnations of Krsna and Visnu.
The pilgrimage to Gandaki was highlighted by the discovery of a large Narasimha-saligrama-sila now being worshipped at Sri Narasingha Caitanya Matha.
Two thousand feet above Gandaki is the sacred place of pilgrimage known as Muktinatha. Here resides the Deity form of Visnu with His consorts Sri-devi and Bhu-devi.
Muktinatha is the highest Visnu temple (in terms of elevation above sea level) in the world. Thus the Rg-Veda verse (1.22.20,21) comes to mind:
om tad visno paramam padam sada
pasyanti surayah diviva caksur-atatam
tad vipraso vipanyavo jagrvamsah
samindhate visnor yat paramam padam
“The lotus feet of Visnu (the abode of the Supreme Lord) are above all, like the Sun is above our head. Great demigods and saintly persons always see the lotus feet of Visnu, recognizing Him as the highest truth. Spiritually awakened souls learned in transcendental understanding always glorify the Supreme Lord and make the abode of the Lord more brilliant.”
A video DVD is soon to be release from DevaVision in which Narasingha Maharaja and Visnu Maharaja share their pilgrimage with their viewers.